Dengue virus: WHO team arrives today

Dengue virus: WHO team arrives today
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Summary In order to curb dengue, a team of World Health Organisation would arrive on Sunday.

According to an official spokesperson, the WHO team would give suggestions to contain and eradicate the outbreak of dengue fever. It will also provide health tips to medical practitioners for treatment of the dengue virus. The experts would also visit the affected areas.In recent weeks, dengue fever has rapidly spread in various parts of Pakistan, however, Punjab province is the worst hit. The first case of dengue fever in Pakistan was reported in 1994 in Karachi. After that this disease spread slowly and in 2006 there were large numbers of patients affected with dengue fever. After that it is one of the major outbreaks of the disease so far in which over 9000 cases are reported from Punjab.

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